History is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #30 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best History Schools in Colorado ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 513 degrees in history annually.
Your choice of history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for history schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best History Schools in Colorado list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the history degree levels they offer.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in history. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #178 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Colorado State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 91 history students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent year we have data available. Those history students who get their degree from Colorado State University - Fort Collins receive $4,169 more than the standard history student.
Every student who is interested in history has to check out University of Colorado Boulder. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #145 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were roughly 94 history students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the history program at University of Colorado Boulder earn $3,826 more than the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Gain a rich foundation of knowledge ranging from early history to modern times with this online bachelor's degree in history from Southern New Hampshire University.
University of Northern Colorado is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in history. University of Northern Colorado is a moderately-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Greeley. A Best Colleges rank of #707 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Northern Colorado is a great university overall.
There were roughly 52 history students who graduated with this degree at University of Northern Colorado in the most recent data year. Those history students who get their degree from University of Northern Colorado earn $2,185 more than the average history grad.
It's difficult to beat University of Colorado at Colorado Springs if you wish to pursue a degree in history. UCCS is a fairly large public university located in the city of Colorado Springs. This university ranks 21st out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 48 history students who graduated with this degree at UCCS in the most recent year we have data available. Those history students who get their degree from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs make $5,058 more than the average history student.
CU Anschutz is a very large public university located in the city of Denver. This university ranks 14th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 40 history students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz in the most recent data year. Those history students who get their degree from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus earn $5,409 more than the average history graduate.
Located in the city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 24th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 71 history students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent year we have data available. Those history students who get their degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver make $9,567 more than the typical history student.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for history schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
